~ALLEN’S Book OF BERRIES — 1929 
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Fine plants to be dug for you this spring. 
Favorable Facts for Strawberry Growers 
Returns come quicker than from any other fruit crop. 
Returns come earlier in the season than any other fruit crop. 
A “glut” in other producing sections cannot be held over by storage to 
hurt your market, as is done with apples and even peaches. 
An overproduction in strawberries one year is quickly cut down by low 
prices, differing from tree fruits which are more permanent. 
A second crop almost equal to the first can be had at very little addi- 
tional expense. 
Previous experience, though desirable, is not necessary. 
Labor conditions favor small grower. 
Strawberries are an excellent crop where women, boys and girls help 
with or carry on the work. 
As an inter-crop between fruit trees or vines, strawberries excel. 
Everybody likes strawberries, which creates a continuous market. 
The market for strawberries has been greatly increased by commercial 
canning and preserving, by increased use of the berries in ice-cream 
making, soda fountain juices, etc. The “cold pack” method of handling 
the berries has enabled the packers to buy their berries, largely, at the 
shipping point, thus taking off the city market much of the smaller and 
less desirable fruit, which is the kind that usually hurts the market most. 
The roadside market in many places has opened up a new outlet for 
fancy berries at good prices. Anyone who lives along a well traveled 
highway should try out selling their berries at the roadside. It is prov- 
ing so extremely profitable to some growers that one wonders, in driv- 
ing through prosperous communities during berry time, if there are not 
many overlooked opportunities for marketing a good cash crop right at 
home. 
